Residential market in Europe

The residential market in Europe, like other real estate assets, is starting a progressive transformation, driven by the health crisis. The need for spaces, with bigger houses and apartments, and the return to nature by moving away from the city to the countryside, are the two major trends that have had an impact on real estate over the last few years. New trends are also emerging, such as the Multifamily Real Estate model that is currently thriving in the Italian market.

The activity, which has restarted again after several years of being impacted by the pandemic, as well as the recent geopolitical events in Europe have affected the inflation rate that has reached its highest level in several years (+5.3% over the last year). The impact on the residential real estate market is significant. Mortgage rates remain stable at historically low levels of 1.31% in Q4 2021 in the Euro zone. The volume of transaction is increasing by an average of 17% in 12 countries, and residential rental values are growing +1.8% over the last year.*

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Italy

The residential market in Italy registered €415M of investment in Q1 2022. It is a solid market driven by new working behaviours. Residential is now attracting a diverse mix of investors both for Build-to-Sell projects and Build-to-Rent like co-living and co-working.**

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Ireland

Year on year, residential investment is becoming more and more important for the Irish real estate investment market. In Q1 2022, the share of investment turnover of the residential sector in Ireland was nearly 50%, which represent €378m.

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Germany

In 2021, Germany registered a record €51 billion of investment in larger residential portfolios. German residential portfolios of 30 units or more accounted for an investment volume of €4 billion in Q1 2022. This result represents a decline of 28% compared to the previous year’s period.

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